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OlivePad
So far the OlivePad has been for India, but it may spread into other parts beyond too long. It is a GSM based device, that can do 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi. The screen is 7″ which makes it too large to be a phone based device, and too small for the tablet purists. However, if [...]
Continue reading...CVS Smartbook
19. August 2010 | by Jonas
Years ago, as computer prices dropped, there was often talk of the so called $100 computer. We never quite reached it, and a notebook for less than $500 was perhaps as close as an affordable computer that well, someone was actually gonna want to use as their main system. So now CVS is planning out a [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Plays Catchup…Again
31. July 2010 | by Jonas
Microsoft looks like they are reacting to the market, rather than leading it once again. It’s a shame for a company that can spend an estimated 250 million dollars on the failed Kin phone, and still the Windows tablet is stillborn. The market that Microsoft is reacting to is the Apple iPad. After the extensive debate, [...]
Continue reading...Windows 7 Tablets
12. July 2010 | by Jonas
Steve Ballmer spoke again today at the Microsoft Worldwide partner conference. During his keynote address, he pointed out that despite Microsoft ditching the Courier concept tablet, they are still committed to releasing Windows 7 tablets. Hey, wait a second, we’ve been down this route before. On more than one occasion, Microsoft has promised us tablets. Most [...]
Continue reading...WebOS Tablet
5. July 2010 | by Jonas
With the success of the iPad, and their early success in the tablet market, there is great anticipation of another tablet device to come onto the market. HP had been showing there Slate device at the CES, but it has been killed off. HP’s original plan was to put Windows 7 onto a tablet with the [...]
Continue reading...Chrome OS
3. June 2010 | by Jonas
When folks here that a netbook is running Linux, and they run in the other direction, unless they are some ubergeek. Not surprisingly, users are simply more comfortable with the familiar world of Windows on their netbook. However, that may slowly change. After all, we have accepted that the iPad runs on an Apple smarthpone OS. [...]
Continue reading...WebOS Tablet
23. May 2010 | by Jonas
HP has definitely put their Slate device on hold. This is a response to the recent acquisition of Palm, and the skyrocketing sales of the iPad, and HP’s realization that a Windows 7 based tablet was not gonna fly. One of the reasons that Palm got acquired was for HP to get their WebOS. This allows [...]
Continue reading...Verizon To Have the Gtablet?
11. May 2010 | by Jonas
Verizon lost out on the iPhone, and as the sales of it has skyrocketed, so has AT&T’s wireless business. Now, even if Verizon ever gets the iPhone on their network, it might just be a case of too little, too late. Besides, Verizon has other smartphone choices at this point, notably the Droid Incredible, which [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Lite
10. May 2010 | by Jonas
Most netbooks use the Windows OS. Many have transitioned to Windows 7 Starter Edition with the latest crop of netbooks that is pushing out Windows XP. However, netbooks originally ran Linux, and now there might be a reason to go back to it. Netbooks have not gained much power. Make that any power in the last [...]
Continue reading...So Long Courier….
29. April 2010 | by Jonas
…We hardly knew ya! Once in a while, a good concept comes along. When Microsoft starting showing us videos of a dual screen portable computing device, many of us started to salivate. Here was something that took a fresh approach to the problem of portable computing. With its pen based input, and seamless integration of data [...]
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22. August 2010 | by Jonas
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